English

lodgekeeper

From lodge + keeper.

A compound of lodge + keeper

Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-

Frankish *laubijā ‘arbour, shelter’

Medieval Latin lobium ‘a portico, covered way, gallery’

Old French loge ‘an arbour, a covered walk-way’

Middle English logge ‘hut’

English lodge

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun The keeper of a lodge (at the entrance to a larger property)

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Etymograph / lodgekeeper